David Hughes
@davidmhughes.bsky.social
Music blogger. www.threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com
Album Review: India Ramey - Villain Era threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/06/albu...
Album Review: India Ramey - Villain Era
For a slice of honky tonk hedonism, look no further than the latest release by country recording artist India Ramey. VILLAIN ERA takes you...
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Album Review: Grey DeLisle & Les Greene - Grey & Greene threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/06/albu...
Album Review: Grey DeLisle & Les Greene - Grey & Greene
Cool music is spilling out of Grey DeLisle at a rate of knots, though this time the billing is shared. When seeking a vocal collaborator to ...
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Album Review: Clay DuBose - Father Time & Mother Nature threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/06/albu...
Album Review: Clay DuBose - Father Time & Mother Nature
Clay DuBose had a rich and influential stint as a fledgling Americana artist in the first phase of a career when the genre took a foothold...
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Album Review: Paul McClure - The Good and the Bad of It threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/06/albu...
Album Review: Paul McClure - The Good and the Bad of It
Paul McClure makes a welcome return as a recording artist. He successfully simplifies the process of conveying sentiment through ten songs...
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Album review: The Fugitives self-titled album. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/05/albu...
Album Review: The Fugitives - The Fugitives
Whether you come from a rock, country or folk outlook the latest record from The Fugitives meets you head on and lays down its worth. The ...
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Album Review: Heirloom by Nathan Evans Fox threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/05/albu...
Album Review: Nathan Evans Fox - Heirloom
At its best country music serves up quality songwriting to rival any other genre. From the Hillbilly Shakespeare to Haggard, Cash and Van ...
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Album Review: @juanaeverett.bsky.social - Past Lives in California threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/05/albu...
Album Review: Juana Everett - Past Lives in California
From its sumptuous dreamy greeting the new album by Juana Everett positions to thrill and shower the listener with multiple gifts. PAST LI...
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Album review: Suzanne Jarvie- mother’s day threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/05/albu...
Album Review: Suzanne Jarvie - mother's day
Suzanne Jarvie has aimed articulately high with her new album and wrapped a posse of deeply constructed songs in a sweet coated package.. ...
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Short but mighty. A lot is packed into this super new record from Elaine Palmer. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/albu...
Album Review: Elaine Palmer - Some Seek Some Seek Gold
With gritty guitar and worn voice, Elaine Palmer hits the right tone from the first beat to shape a slate of songs spun on a transatlantic a...
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Great Lake Swimmers were a known band without knowing too much about. Rectified now. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/albu...
Album Review: Great Lake Swimmers - Caught Light
Veteran Canadian alt-rockers Great Lake Swimmers cast excesses from the recording process to cut an album stylishly layered and right on t...
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Really enjoyed listening to & writing about the new A Different Thread album. Looking forward to the UK show in October. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/albu...
Album Review: A Different Thread - Over Again
Through an appealing collection of songs, transatlantic duo A Different Thread share a warm glow of what life deals you. Whether narrating t...
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Great to catch Sorrel Nation on her Birmingham debut. The new songs are shaping up well. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/gig-...
Another gig in Birmingham last week saw Roswell Road & Geneviève Racette team up for a double header at the Kitchen Garden. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/05/gig-...
Wonderful gig on Saturday night @katherinepriddy.bsky.social grasped the opportunity to play the biggest show of her career to date at Birmingham Town Hall & nailed it. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/05/gig-...
UK folk at its finest. Been a fan of Honey and the Bear for a few years. The latest album is the third reviewed on the blog and up there with the best they've done. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/albu...
Album Review: Honey & the Bear - A Wish & A Tide
Honey and the Bear appear to move effortlessly through the gears when in the album recording cycle. The usual two year gap between release...
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Americana - British style is superbly on show in Joe Martin's latest record. Caught his set at Maverick last year, but this album, mooted then, lifts him onto another level. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/albu...
Album Review: Joe Martin - Alone in Valentine
Joe Martin sharpens his writing tools, expands an horizon and revels in fertile pastures where good music grows. Frontiers are stripped away...
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Picked this album up in the inbox and loved it. A little left field for my usual listening but inspired a few words forming the review. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/albu...
Album Review: Brontës - Brontës
Brontës music enters the fray on a warm summer breeze igniting a passion for simple jangly tunes to brighten up any day. Five years into a...
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Added a review of Ben De La Cour's Birmingham gig to the blog. A much better night all round than 2 years ago and a show that vindicated his talent. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/04/gig-...
A blog post reflecting on a mass of music enjoyed at Ramblin’ Roots Revue last weekend threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com?m=1
Great show from Jonny Morgan & the Moral Support at Hare & Hounds, Birmingham last night. Review posted. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/03/gig-...
Latest album review: Roswell Road threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...
Album Review: Roswell Road - Rebel Joy
Roswell Road prise the best parts from mature pop, contemporary country and indie folk to forge a sound unique and elegantly formed. Harmo...
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Just added an album review of @katherinepriddy.bsky.social to the blog. First one for a while but These Frightening Machines is so good it invites being written about. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/03/albu...
Album Review: Katherine Priddy - These Frightening Machines
Vibes freely flow. Words intuitively swirl. Sounds sweetly melt. Katherine Priddy leans on all the assets at her disposal to conjure a rec...
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Latest Birmingham gig review is Courtney Marie Andrews at the Hare & Hounds. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/02/gig-...
A first visit to Centrala in Digbeth Birmingham to catch 2 folk duos playing excellent sets. Worth catching Thorpe & Morrison and Darach on their travels. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/02/gig-...
Gig Review: Thorpe and Morrison + Darach- Centrala, Birmingham. Sunday 22nd February 2026
There is a creative stir at the heart of post-industrial Birmingham. In the dimly lit quarters of backstreet Digbeth, grimy relics are bro...
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Latest gig review is Kim Richey returning to the Kitchen Garden to play a super show. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/02/gig-...
Gig Review: Kim Richey - Kitchen Garden, Kings Heath, Birmingham. Thursday 19th February 2026
“Has anybody been to the Bluebird Cafe?” “Yes,” mumbled two voices from the first row. In a more appropriate environment, the response wou...
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The Lost Notes in great form last night recording their upcoming live album in Birmingham threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/02/gig-...
Gig Review: The Lost Notes - Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Wednesday 4th February 2026
After three full length albums and a wealth of gig experience in the locker, the time was ripe for Birmingham-based band The Lost Notes to...
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Another wonderful Dylan LeBlanc gig in Birmingham. Perhaps not the dramatic impact of the full band Kitchen Garden debut in November’23 but definitely more in the zone for this second solo appearance. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/02/gig-...
Gig Review: Dylan LeBlanc - Kitchen Garden, Kings Heath, Birmingham. Monday 2nd February 2026
Dylan LeBlanc is an exceptional songwriter. Words are soothly shared in a high planed tone. Tunes coaxed out of an old Martin with minimal...
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The utterly compelling & fabulous Lucinda Williams thrilling all those who adore her at Birmingham Town Hall., with top support from Ben de la Cour. threechordsandthetruthuk.blogspot.com/2026/01/gig-...
